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ktea

Apache Kafka TUI client

TLDR

Launch the Kafka TUI
$ ktea
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Connect to a specific cluster
$ ktea -c [cluster_name]
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SYNOPSIS

ktea [options]

DESCRIPTION

ktea is an Apache Kafka TUI client designed to simplify and accelerate interactions with Kafka clusters. It provides multi-cluster support, topic management, record consumption in text, JSON, and Avro formats, consumer group monitoring, and schema registry integration.
Tables can be navigated using vi-like key bindings (j/k for up/down, d/u for page down/up). The tool is useful for quickly checking topics, reading events, and managing Kafka resources without the overhead of GUI clients.

CAVEATS

Requires access to a running Kafka cluster. Schema registry integration requires a compatible schema registry service.

HISTORY

ktea was created by Jonas Geiregat (jonas-grgt) and is written in Go. It was designed for quick remote access to Kafka clusters from the terminal.

SEE ALSO

kplay(1), kaskade(1)

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